Now, where is my red one?

[offbalance]

Dear Entire Working Population (and people I deal with on a regular basis):

I've been noticing a disturbing trend lately. Color me old-fashioned, but if I'm going to put loose sheets of paper together that will be together for a long time, I tend to use a staple; especially when there are many sheets and its an issue if they get lost. As such, I have to ask: "What's with the paper clips?" Is it a fear of commitment, did all of your staplers break on the same day? Why are we abandoning our old reliable friend, Mr. Stapler in favor of the untrustworthy paper clip? Now, don't get me wrong - clips have uses, but if you give them too much to deal with at once, they will get overloaded and drop everything.

Remember: The Stapler is your Friend.

Yours in Manillaville,

Me.

Comments

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

It's us against the world, baby.

[tacologic.livejournal.com]

We rarely use staplers here. I don't want holes in my documents. And if I have to thumb through a bunch, I really don't like the weird bent corner that staples give you. Clips are the way to go.

[alcestis.livejournal.com]

Manillaville is definitely not as much fun as Margaritaville.

[teany.livejournal.com]

Well, some documents are just too big for a staple (as was recently demonstrated by the 20-page zoning regulations I have that are falling apart. And I won't even try to staple the 40-odd pagee Board of Ed adgenda I got yesterday). Plus, if you have to make photocopies, removing the staple is a big pain in the ass, especially when you can't find that damn claw remover thing.

However, I agree that paperclips suck. Therefore, I have always been a huge devotee of the binder clip.

In fact, a newspaper recruiter once said someone who sent in their resume and clips put together with a binder clip, as opposed to some fancy folder thing, would always earn his respect.

[squiddeh.livejournal.com]

When the use of staples is not prudent....the mighty Binder Clip is my friend!